On 06/26/11 1:11 AM, Rudi Ahlers wrote: > It's hard to say. They've been in the cupboard for along time and I > don't know which tech did what on them, which is why I'm trying to see > which file systems were on them last, so that I can see what data is > on them. well, if as you say... > [root at HP-DL360 ~]# file -s /dev/sda > /dev/sda: empty I'm guessing the tech wiped them clean. `dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda bs=65536` will do that nicely. -- john r pierce N 37, W 122 santa cruz ca mid-left coast